A/N: Reading it is all fine and dandy, but leave us a review too! Please! :-)
Renkotsu came into the house, shutting the door behind him. A singsong voice was heard from the stairs. "Renkotsu's got a girlfriend...."
"No I DONT!" He yelled back.
"Yes you do!" two more voices had joined in.
"No I DONT!"
"Yes you DO! We have proof!" Bankotsu yelled down.
"HOW SO?!"
"The video!"
"What? We didn't DO anything!"
"It was close enough!"
"Nu-uh!"
"Uh-huh!"
"PROVE IT!"
"You two seemed pretty close, the way you were fooling with each other!"
"Fooling with each other?!"
"And don't forget about what happened AFTER we left the room!"
"What happened?"
"You had her up against the lockers...your faces were getting closer...and then the teacher came! You could hear what he was yelling even outside!"
Renkotsu's face paled a little. "Not like we were gonna do anything anyway!"
"Riiight...."
"Shut up!"
They laughed a little, then went to their rooms, Jakotsu singing "Renkotsu's got a girlfriend! Renkotsu's got a girlfriend!"
"HEY! THAT MEANS I WON THE BET JAKOTSU!" Renkotsu screamed after him.
"So? It's worth it!" Jakotsu called before shutting his door.
"Shaddup." He walked into his room and lay down on his bed.
----Meanwhile----
"We told you!" two voices said together happily.
"What did you tell me?!"
"We knew you liked him! You didn't listen!"
"I TOLD YOU I DONT LIKE HIM!" Yuka yelled at her friends
"AND WE KNOW YOU DO!"
"Well...you have no proof." she said, turning away in a huff.
"Oh, but we do.." they said grinning.
"And what is that?"
"We saw what you did AFTER we left the room!"
She paled a little. "That's not proof!"
"We saw you...he had you up against the lockers...and your faces kept getting closer and closer...and then the teacher came!"
"It didn't look like that!" Eri said teasingly. "It looked like a lot more."
"Not like we were gonna kiss or anything!" She exclaimed turning crimson.
"The look on your face gives you away."
"What look?!"
"You're face is red! You're blushing."
"So?! What does that mean?!"
"It means you like him!" Eri said.
"Either that or you wanted him to kiss you." Ayumi added.
Yuka turned white and turned her back on her friends. "Shaddup." She hissed.
"Ok, ok...we'll go now."
"No...I'll talk about it, you just gotta tell me who you like." She said evilly.
"Houjo." Ayumi replied immediately.
"...Shoen...." Eri admitted.
"Shoen? A big mouth like YOU likes the Quiet Cutie who refuses to wear his uniform?!" Yuka exclaimed shocked.
Eri nodded her face slightly red.
"Go you!"
"Okay...okay I'll say it..." Yuka started shyly.
Ayumi, who her hands behind her back, listened, clicking a button behind her quietly.
"I...like...Renkotsu...JUST A LITTLE...but kinda sorta do...." She admitted blushing.
"So you finally admit it! Good for you!"
"Shaddup." Yuka snapped blushing and looking at the floor.
"Ok, ok.." Ayumi said, pressing the button again.
"So, Ayumi, you like Houjo?" Yuka pressed.
She nodded.
"I'm bored." Eri whined.
"Admit it Renkotsu!" Jakotsu begged hanging backward off a chair. He pushed himself up to balance on the chair with one hand and smiled.
"No!"
"Admit it!" He insisted doing one-handed push-ups on the back of the chair he was currently balancing on.
"Oh fine..." he mumbled the rest. "Seeing as you won't give up until I do..."
"Go on." Jakotsu urged, pressing a button quietly behind his back.
"I...I guess I like her."
"Like who?"
"Yuka, okay?! Now leave me alone!"
Jakotsu smiled and pressed the button again. "No problem." he left the room.
"I'm going out for a bit, Bankotsu!" Jakotsu called.
"Ok!"
Jakotsu left.
Meanwhile...
Ayumi stood up. "I have to go get something, I'll be back in a minute. Ok?"
The other two girls nodded, and she left.
Jakotsu was waiting for her by the cafe. "Well?" he asked.
"Got It." she said, holding up a tape. "You?"
He nodded, holding his own tape up.
"Good." they switched tapes, and parted.
Ayumi came back, and beckoned to Eri. She noticed her and nodded slightly. "I have to use the bathroom." she said getting up and leaving the room.
She met up with Ayumi. "Well?" Ayumi nodded. "Let me see!"
Ayumi turned on the tape. Renkotsu's voice was heard. "I...I guess I like her."
"Like who?"
"Yuka, okay?! Now leave me alone!"
Eri laughed. "Perfect!"
Meanwhile...
Jakotsu entered the house again. Bankotsu beckoned him up into his bedroom. Jakotsu entered, shutting the door behind him.
"Got it?" Bankotsu asked. Jakotsu nodded. "Let's see it."
Jakotsu turned the tape on. Yuka's voice was heard.
"I...like...Renkotsu...JUST A LITTLE...but kinda sorta do...."
"YES!" The boys cheered and gave each other high-fives smiling.
"Renkotsu!" Jakotsu said in an annoying, singsong voice.
He sighed. "What do you want?"
Jakotsu opened his arms, as if to hug something. "A hug?"
"Don't touch me."
"God, your always so GRUMPY." Jakotsu pouted.
"God, you're always so ANNOYING."
Jakotsu stuck his tongue out at Renkotsu. "MEANIE."
"Freak."
"Arse!"
"Fag."
Jakotsu stopped and stomped away. "That was a little cold, Commander." Suikotsu said looking at Renkotsu.
He glanced sharply at Suikotsu. "So what?"
"...Well at times Jakotsu is a little more sensitive...."
"And what makes you think I care?"
"RENKOTSU!" Bankotsu's voice was heard from his room.
"That's why." Suikotsu said
Renkotsu trudged over to where Bankotsu was. "What?"
"Why were you picking on Jakotsu?"
"He started it!" Renkotsu exclaimed angrily.
"...So? You still hurt his feelings!" Bankotsu exclaimed, Jakotsu was sitting in a chair sniffling.
"Does he ever think of mine??" He was really angry now. "Did he stop to think how I would react with him prying into my life?!"
"...He just likes making sure everyone else is happy Renkotsu." Bankotsu said, sounding a little hurt.
"Well, I for one wasn't happy with that!"
"Just...don't bother Renkotsu anymore Jakotsu." Bankotsu said looking at the floor. Jakotsu left.
Renkotsu looked at Bankotsu for a moment, then left as well.
Bankotsu sat down with a sigh.
Bankotsu sighed and thought about a few things before smiling again and standing up. "Eh...where's Suikotsu?" He asked Renkotsu, who was sitting in the living room flipping channels.
"Left with Kikyou a few minutes ago. Probably won't be back for awhile."
Bankotsu laughed and sat down with Renkotsu.
Renkotsu finally settled on a comedy act. After watching for a moment, he said "That guy looks like our teacher. His wig's even falling off."
Bankotsu laughed and took the remote. He flipped to Spongebob Squarepants. "O-okay...that's...odd." He said raising an eyebrow.
Bankotsu started laughing at random after about 5 minutes, joined by Renkotsu.
Renkotsu held his nose. "Hello, I'm Squidward. Go away." he said, imitating Squidward's voice perfectly.
"Sounds like YOU Renkotsu!" Bankotsu laughed. Then he pinched his nose and did a PERFECT Spongebob voice. "Hi Squidward."
"Oh...hello Spongebob.." Renkotsu said, still imitating Squidward.
"Wanna play Squidward?" Bankotsu asked, still imitating Spongebob.
"Ahh...no."
"Why not?!" 'Spongebob Bankotsu-pants' asked.
"Because I am busy. Why don't you go bother Patrick?"
"Cause Patrick is sulking under his rock cause you were MEAN to him." 'Spongebob' said smiling. "And...he needed a nap."
"I see..well, I'm still busy."
"Okay..." he said sighing, pretending to be downcast.
Just then, the episode ended, and Renkotsu went back to being his grumpy old self.
So did Bankotsu, then the Fairly Oddparents came on.
"Hi Timmy! It's Cosmo!" Renkotsu started acting silly again, sounding like Cosmo.
"Stop being stupid Cosmo!' Bankotsu said, imitating Wanda.
"I like cheese! Do you like cheese? It's so...so...yellow!" he said happily, pretending to make a piece of cheese appear.
"Sh! I am Jorgen Vonstrangle and I demand WANDUPS!" Bankotsu said, his voice suddenly sounding...meaty.
"Yes sir!" 'Cosmo' did a mock salute and started doing pushups.
"I will prove...Timmy Turner has...FAIRY GOD PARENTS!" Bankotsu did, now Mr. Crocker, even doing the whole, spasm twitchy thing he does.
"Do you like my duck collection?" Renkotsu pretended to hear a response. "Gasp! You didn't hear that, my little duck!" He pretended to cover something's ears.
"hey, hey Timmy, ya know...." Bankotsu started sounding like Chester.
"Now, now dear...you know eating the table is bad for you..." He paused. "But who cares??"
"Hey! Cosmo! I wish I had EARPLUGS!" Bankotsu said, getting the high 'Timmy' voice perfectly.
"Hey, Twerp! Get in here! It's time to do my laundry, wash the dishes, fan me.."
"OH NO! ITS VICKY!"
Sadly, the show ended, and everyone went back to normal.
Then a new show came on, Rugrats.
Renkotsu immediately became Tommy. "A baby's gotta do what a baby's gotta do!"
Bankotsu became Chuckie. "I'm a-scareded Tommy!"
"Don't worry Chuckie, we're just goin' 'splorin! Nothin' to worry 'bout!"
"Lets go eat worms Lil!" 'Phil-Kotsu' said happily.
"Hey! That's MY worm Phillip!"
"Nu-uh Lillian!"
"Yucky!!"
"HEY BABIES LISTEN UP!" 'Angelikotsu' snapped.
The show ended, and Renkotsu shut the TV off, laughing.
"...That was fun." Bankotsu said sighing.
"Hey guys, you know what I see?" Suikotsu asked, having come inside.
"I dunno...what do you see?"
He smirked. "I see blackmail in your futures.." he said, holding up a video camera, which was on.
Bankotsu growled. "Hey! That was just us being stupid!"
"Yep."
"Well...you wouldn't want Inuyasha to find out his precious Kikyou was with you now, would you? You'd be headless." Renkotsu said smirking.
"Err....ok...forget the blackmail idea." he said, tossing them the camera.
Renkotsu smiled. "Good."
He sulked, walking out of the room. Once he was out of site, he went to see Kikyou, "Got it?" he asked. Kikyou laughed, nodding.
Jakotsu came out of his room and jumped onto the couch, landing across Renkotsu and Bankotsu, his head on Bankotsu's lap.
"Well, well, look who it is.."
"HI!" He said hyperly.
Renkotsu raised an eyebrow. "..Did you have sugar or something?"
"No! I swear commander! I'm just in a good mood!"
"A very good one from the looks of it."
"Yes! Ya know what? There's this thing at sc-ool coming up, I think they called it a 'dan-cuh' and I think we should go, that is, if you can get a date, Commander!" Jakotsu said smiling up and his friends.
"Maybe." Renkotsu said wearily. He had been hoping Jakotsu would drop the subject.
"...Why maybe? You said you'd ace this bet!"
"Just drop it..."
"Why? Why? Why? Why?"
"Grr...just shut up!" he said, walking angrily to his room and shutting the door behind him.
"Eh...what's his problem? Menstrual? Didn't take his Midol?"
"I have no idea, Jakotsu...he's so mercurial sometimes."
Jakotsu nodded and sat up, on Bankotsu's lap smiling. "I guess its his way of saying 'I really, really need a nappie!"
Kagome was chatting with Eri and Ayumi as they walked up to Yuka's room. "She really admitted it?" Kagome asked. Eri and Ayumi nodded.
"Even got it on tape." Ayumi said, holding up a tape. "But this is Renkotsu's confession. Jakotsu has Yuka's."
"HE WHAT?!" Yuka's angry voice could be heard from behind them. They turned around, embarrassed.
"Um...hey, Yuka." Ayumi said nervously.
Yuka's eye twitched. "YOU TAPED MY CONFESSION AND GAVE IT TO THAT GAY WEIRDO?! SOME FRIENDS YOU ARE!" She yelled.
"It was all her idea!!" Eri said quickly, pointing to Ayumi.
"...I'M GONNA HURT BOTH OF YOU!"
They both gave small cries, running away from Yuka. Kagome just sat back and watched.
"I mean...I mean...he's not supposed to KNOW I like him!" Yuka said calming down a little.
"He doesn't! Only Jakotsu knows...and Bankotsu.." Ayumi told her. "Unless they showed him the tape...." Eri murmured.
"And if they did...its your HEADS...now...let me hear that tape...." She said smiling.
They exchanged glances. "Why?"
"...I wanna."
"Oh alright...." Ayumi took the tape out of her pocket, handing it to Yuka.
Yuka smiled and passed it to Kagome. "You listen, lets ALL hear it!"
Kagome turned it on.
"I...I guess I like her."
"Like who?"
"Yuka, okay?! Now leave me alone!"
Yuka's mouth dropped in shock and she turned bright red.
The other three giggled.
"I mean...Eri, likes Shoen, Kagome's got some stupid evilly arrogant two- timing boyfriend and Ayumi likes Houjo, we can all get dates to this dance then, ne?" Yuka said smiling.
"Yeah...wait...Eri likes Shoen? Since when?" Kagome asked, hearing this news for the first time.
"Since she told us earlier, not like her to like the quiet ones, the quiet rebels at that. Go Eri!" Ayumi teased.
Eri's face was red. "Yeah, well...I don't know if I'll ask him to go.."
"You should! Or at least talk to him!"
"I don't know.."
"You should! I mean, he might seem a little threatening, kinda dark and stuff and he's really quiet but I bet he's nice!"
"Maybe." she said hesitantly.
"Come on you can do it!" Kagome coaxed, then she remembered the dance was on the new moon, maybe Inuyasha could come after all!
"I...I guess so.." she finally said.
"You can you can!" Ayumi pushed.
"Well...only if Ayumi asks Houjo first."
Ayumi blushed darkly and looked away. "Only if Kag-chan brings her boyfriend!" She replied.
"I can do that." Kagome said, knowing she'd get Inuyasha to come one way or another.
"Okay. And Yuka has to take Renkotsu."
"Ok then, we all ask them to go." Eri said.
"Okay." They all agreed.
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Kagome went back to the feudal era after seeing her friends. She soon met up with Inuyasha, and decided to ask him if he wanted to come. "What? That's when I'm human! There's no way I'm gonna go!"
"That's the whole point! My friends want to meet you, and since you're human you can go!"
"Well...but...what...uh...Feh! Okay! I'll GO!" Inuyasha finally gave in.
"Thank you Inuyasha! You're the best!"
"I am aren't I?" He asked with a little arrogance.
"Yes, you are."
"Well...what now?"
"You come with me when the day comes. I'm going to go back home for a little while. I really want to see what's going on between Renkotsu and Yuka." she said without thinking.
"RENKOTSU? As in THE SHICHININTAI'S RENKOTSU?!"
"Umm...maybe?"
Inuyasha glared. "COME ON! We're going to your time!" He snapped.
"Oh come on Inuyasha, they're not doing anything!" she protested as he headed towards the well. "They haven't done anything wrong!"
"...Yeah, they're in your time! That's not right!" He said pulling her down the well.
"It happened as an accident!"
"YEAH! I understand that but they're there! They could be dangerous!"
"How so?"
"You'll wear a hat."
"I guess you have to get me modern clothes for this 'dan-cuh'?"
"Yeah, that too."
"Great." He mumbled.
"Don't worry, I'll see if you don't have to wear shoes."
"I probably will." He muttered distastefully.
She sighed. "Just wear your regular clothes. Maybe shoes. And definitely a hat."
"Yes ma'am." He said sarcastically as they walked into Kagome's house.
She went into Souta's room. "Souta, Inuyasha needs to borrow a hat, ok?" He mumbled a yes, not looking up from his video game.
She grabbed one from his rack and brought it to Inuyasha. "Here."
"Okay." He said putting it on his head. "It feels weird."
"But at least it covers your ears."
"Yeah okay whatever, now...let's go." He grumbled adjusting the red cap so the brim faced backwards and he looked like a wannabe rapper with his arms crossed over his chest.
Kagome dragged him into the mall and through the stores. "This...and this...and you can try on this too." she said, giving him clothes she thought he'd be comfortable in.
Inuyasha was piled with clothes. "Oi! Kagome! I can't handle all of this! Carry it yourself!"
She looked at him. "Ok...that's enough clothes. Go try them on."
Inuyasha wobbled into the dressing room and changed, first he came out in a black top and some blue jeans. "This is WEIRD Kagome!" He whined, sounding like a puppy.
She shook her head. "It doesn't look right. Try something else."
He disappeared again and returned in a pair of tight black pants and bright red long-sleeved shirt. "This is a LITTLE better." He grumbled.
"Well, try on something, and if you like it show me."
"I like this okay...." He said, but again he disappeared and changed again, the last outfit. He came out in a silk red button up and baggy blue jeans. "...Eh...what do you think?" He asked.
"The jeans are ok, but that shirt won't go with it."
"Uh...well, I like the shirt, and those black ones, will they go good together?" He asked curiously.
She nodded. "Those will go."
He grinned a little and changed pants, just to show her how sexy he was. "I look good, ne?"
"Yes."
"Okay." He went into his dressing room and changed back to his normal outfit, handing the one he wanted to Kagome.
"Right, we'll just pay for these, and then we can get something to eat."
"But...shoes?" He asked.
"Oh right, shoes." She brought him into another store. "See if you see anything you like."
He looked around a picked up a pair of combat boots. "These?"
"Ok, those'll work." she grabbed some socks. "And these too." they paid for the items and walked out.
Inuyasha was kind of happy, just being ALONE with Kagome. He snatched the socks and shoes away after she bought them and put them on. "They look awesome."
She agreed.
"Pizza?"
"Yes, pizza."
She led him to where they were making it. "That's pizza."
"Ohhh! Looks tasty!"
"What kind do you want?"
"...Uh...spicy...meaty...and...tasty please." Inuyasha said confused.
"Then you'd like pepperoni." She said with a laugh. She ordered a pepperoni pizza with extra cheese. When the pizza was ready they sat down at a table.
His eyes lit up like a kid looking at a huge cake. He took a piece and bit into it. "ITS HOT!" He cried through the mouthful.
"Blow on it."
He blew on the hot pizza and bit into it again. "YUM! This is GOOD Kagome!" He exclaimed quickly devouring it and eating another piece.
She took a slice of her own before Inuyasha finished the pizza. "Better than ramen?"
"Tie." He told her. "Ramen has a special place in my heart." He added. 'Right along with you, Kagome.' He added as an afterthought.
"Hehehe..."
Inuyasha laughed and then three other people were quickly at the table. "Oh! Kagome! Is this your boyfriend? He's weird looking!"
"His hair, its so SOFT and SILKY!" Eri exclaimed running a hand through it.
"...Thanks?" Inuyasha said confused.
"What's his name? Is silver his natural color? Are his eyes really gold?"
"Inuyasha, hair dye, contacts." Kagome answered the questions in one breath.
"Inuyasha, eh? Well, you better treat Kagome good." Yuka said waving a finger in his face.
Inuyasha resisted the urge to swipe at the annoying finger. His face was red.
"Guys!" Kagome said, her face red as well.
"What?" They chorused. "He could be dangerous!"
"But he's not!"
"How can you be sure?" Yuka pressed.
"Yeah!" Eri agreed. "How can you be sure?"
"I've known him long enough, that's how I'm sure."
"Okay..." they said, finally giving up.
"Soo...did you guys ask them yet?" Kagome asked, changing the subject.
"...No..." Eri admitted. Yuka shook her head negative too. But Ayumi smiled.
"I asked him, and told him you had a date so he agreed!" She squealed happily. "Then he suggested I wear blue...I dunno why, but..." she trailed off fondly.
"Wear it for him." Kagome said.
"Okay!"
"What about me? What should I wear?" Eri asked Kagome.
"I'd say black. Shoen seems to like that color."
"Really? Well he does wear it a lot, and I say it looks pretty good on me..." Eri said smiling. "Yuka wont even discuss her date, what she wants to wear or ANYTHING." She added sighing.
"Oh well."
"I just don't KNOW..." Yuka interjected.
"Just pick something!" Ayumi said. "He'd probably like anything you wear."
Yuka blushed. "Right." She muttered.
Inuyasha, being bored with the conversation, sighed. "Are you guys going to talk about this for the whole day??"
"...YES." Kagome snapped. "Shaddup Inuyasha, we have to go pick out MY outfit now, I'll show you a few and you can tell me what you think." She said nodding. The three teens then dragged the poor Hanyou to the nearest dress shop and ran in.
"Oh c'mon Kagome! Just pick something!" he groaned after about 15 minutes of trying on things.
Kagome looked at him. She pointed to the dress she was wearing. It was really short and black. "What about this one, Inu-kun?"
"NO it's too...revealing!"
Kagome nodded. "That's what I thought." She told him, she walked back into her dressing room and came back out. Ayumi, Yuka, and Eri all clapped; it was a bright red, knee length dress, that showed a little of Kagome's back. "What about this one?"
"Y-y-yes...." he stammered.
"Why are you stuttering?" She asked him.
'Because you look really good.' he thought. "Feh."
"Whatever, Inuyasha." She muttered. She changed back into her normal clothes and then smiled down at her 'boyfriend'. "Now, we get to watch my friends find dresses, Inuyasha." Kagome nodded to her friends, who were just standing there stupidly.
Inuyasha nearly fell over anime style. "Why??"
"Well, because you can give a males opinion that well, I cant."
He gave her a 'What makes you think I know anything about this kind of thing?' look, but let her drag him along.
Yuka went first, choosing first a yellow dress that fell to her ankles.
Inuyasha studied her for a minute. "You look like a banana."
Yuka laughed. "I know!" She looked in a mirror. "YOU ARE SO RIGHT!" She ran back in her dressing room and came out in a bright baby blue dress with pink sleeves.
"It makes you look fat."
"Thanks." She mumbled. "This is the last one." She told them through her dressing room. She came out in a black dress with red flame designs on the bottom and long sleeves.
"Renkotsu would like that." Inuyasha said nodding.
"...Renkotsu? How did you...?"
"Eh! Renkotsu and those other new guys used to go to school with Inuyasha, so I told him about this." Kagome said quickly.
"Oh...okay."
Yuka nodded and changed back, still holding onto the dress.
Eri went in after her.
"I..I thought he'd like this." She mumbled, coming out of the dressing room wearing a long black dress with baby blue sleeves and neckline. [i think it's cute]
"Now...THAT is a good dress...." Inuyasha said nodding.
"What do you guys think?" she asked the others.
"Lovely."
"My turn then?" Ayumi asked. They nodded and she went to the dressing room with the dresses she had picked out. She first came out in a dark blue silk dress that fell mid-calf. "I feel fat."
"You look it too." Inuyasha muttered.
"Inuyasha!" Kagome snapped hitting him on the head. Ayumi nodded and walked back to her dressing room. She came out in a lighter blue dress with dark blue flowers on it. "Now, I feel like a little kid." She muttered.
"Not a good dress."
She nodded and again left for her dressing room. She came out in a cerulean blue dress with a white pattern around her shoulder. "This?"
"Yeah."
"Okay! I like this one too..." She said changing back into her normal outfit, they bought their dresses and went to a shoe store. "Kagome, these boots will go with your dress perfectly." Ayumi pointed to some pointed toe black dress boots.
Kagome nodded and picked them up.
Eri searched through the rows and rows of shoes before finding what she wanted. "these!" she whispered happily, black mid-calf lace-up boots. She knew they'd look nice. She then went to help her friends.
Ayumi sat on the floor of the store. "This is impossible." She muttered.
"Why?" Yuka asked her.
"I cant find ANYTHING." She said mumbling.
"You could go barefoot." Inuyasha suggested.
"How about a pair of black dress shoes?" Yuka asked, shooting a look at Inuyasha. "He'd be too busy looking at your dress to look at your feet."
"Oh! Thanks for the suggestion, Inuyasha, but they don't allow it, and that's a good idea Eri." She said, finding a pair of dress shoes that suited her fancy.
"Have YOU found shoes Yuka?" Kagome asked her friend.
She shook her head. "Not yet."
"What kind are you looking for?" Ayumi asked.
"I dunno."
Inuyasha cleared his throat and they looked at him, he was holding up a pair of, rather ordinary mid-calf black boots with red buckles up the side.
"Perfect!"
"Really?" He asked as Yuka snatched the boots from his grasp.
"Yes! Thanks Inuyasha!" She said smiling, they bought their shoes.
"Now what?" Inuyasha asked.
"..It's late. Mama will be worrying. Let's go Inuyasha, see you guys at school."
"Okay! Bai-bai Kagome!" Eri called as the three girls left.
"C'mon Inuyasha." They headed to Kagome's house.
"...How many days 'til the dan-cuh Kagome?" He grumbled.
"The dance is Saturday night."
"And its Thurs-day? Which means I have to stay here tomorrow and most of Satu-rday?"
"You don't HAVE to stay. You just want to."
"Good point, I know you like coming back to your time and I wanna see what's so great about it." He huffed crossing his arms over his chest. 'And, I want to make sure you're happy, Kagome.' He thought to himself.
"Kagome, Inuyasha, dinner!" Mrs. Higurashi called to the two teens.
"Coming Mama!" she called.
They walked into the dining room and sat down. Inuyasha looked at all the food like it was his last meal and ate like it too. "Can I touch your ears?" Mrs. H asked the hanyou.
"Mama!" Kagome said, embarrassed.
"Umm...sure.."
Kagome's mother gently tweaked the dog-boys ears then giggled like a school girl. "How do they stay so soft?"
He shrugged. "They just do, I guess."
"Hehe, now, Mama, they're also very sensitive so don't pull too hard!" Kagome said waving her mothers hand away from Inuyasha's ears.
"Okay Kagome dear." Mama said nodding. Kagome smiled and then led Inuyasha to Souta's room.
"Souta you dont mind if Inuyasha sleeps in here on the floor tonight do you?" Kagome asked her little brother.
"Of course not! It'll be like a sleepover, Inu-onii-san!" he said happily.
"Okay, you boys have fun..." Kagome said leaving the room.
"Now what, kid?" Inuyasha asked him, sitting on the bed.
Souta grinned. "Pillow fight!" Yells and banging were heard from his room that night.
The next morning, Kagome rushed out of the house, not wanting to be late to school.
"Oh...I hope Inuyasha didnt hurt Souta, and I hope Souta didnt keep him up all night...." Kagome sighed.
"But..I suppose boys will be boys. No matter how old they are." She said with a grin, making it to school.
"You're late Ms. Higurashi." The teacher barked.
"Gomen, sir." she said quickly.
"Sit down."
She took her seat.
Yuka looked at her expectantly. "So, where did your boyfriend sleep?" She asked her smirking.
"Souta's bedroom."
"Ohh! You didn't let him sleep in your bed! He is really cute, that Inuyasha." Eri said thoughtfully. Jakotsu turned around smiling.
"Inuyasha's here?" He asked Kagome.
"He's at my house."
Jakotsu's smiled intensified. "Can I have him?"
"No!" she whispered fiercly.
"Besides, Jakotsu, you HAVE someone." Ayumi added waving a finger in his face.
"Get your finger OUT of my FACE." He snapped. Bankotsu looked at him like the crazy person he was and sighed.
"What if I don't WANT to??" She retorted.
Jakotsu glared and turned around to face the front.
Someone else glared at them all, he had on big black headphones, black pants and a black T-shirt, he was obviously at least part American just by his body language. He took off his headphones and looked at the small bickering group. "Shut up." He said cooly.
"He spoke..." someone whispered.
"I can see why you like him, Eri." Yuka whispered to her.
"shut up." She mumbled.
"All of you shut up." Renkotsu suggested.
"Who said you had any say in this Renkotsu?" Eri asked.
"I say things when I feel like saying things, Eri." He retorted.
"Don't talk to my friends like that." Kagome snapped.
"Dont talk to MY friends like that." Bankotsu replied.
"Shut up." Kikyou replied calmly.
"Yeah, you're going to get us in trouble." Suikotsu agreed.
"I kinda agree...." Jakotsu said nodding.
"...Gr." The black clothed, blond boy growled. "All of you are being TOO loud I can hear you through my headphones!" He yelled.
Everyone immediatly became quiet.
"GET OUT." The teacher yelled.
"huh?"
"Shoen, Renkotsu, Jakotsu, Bankotsu, Kagome, Eri, Yuka Ayumi, Suikotsu, Kikyou GET OUT." He demanded.
Shoen was the first of the group to get up. "NOW look what you guys did." he muttered as he shuffled past them, hands in his pockets.
They all followed, they just sat at the front of the school boredly. "We didn't do anything, if you had just kept your headphones on you wouldn't be out here." Yuka snapped.
He didn't pay her any attention, but just increased the volume of his music.
Eri walked over and smacked the headphones right off his ears. "Maybe if you didn't listen to that so much you'd be on betters terms with this school!" She told him, glaring.
He glared at her. "What makes you think I WANT to be on better terms with this place?"
"I don't think you would be, not many people think very highly of you, they just think you're American trash that floated across the sea the way you act." She told him.
That one stung. He didn't reply, but just looked away.
"G-gomen!" She said putting a hand quickly over her mouth.
He didn't look at her. "Go away."
"Hey! I don't think you're just trash! I know people that do but I don't!" She told him.
"You're just saying that."
"No, I'm not!" She told him, being truthful.
"Serious?"
"Yes."
He nodded. "I guess that's good."
"I personally think you're cool." She said sitting beside him.
He wasn't looking at her, but you could tell his face was red as he said "You're not all that bad yourself."
She giggled. "Thanks...I mean, lots of girls think you're cuta, ya know?"
"Like who?"
"I mean, when they first saw you I heard lots of them say you were cute, not many times we get a blond haired blue eyed boy in our midst. But, I like you."
He looked at her surprised after he heard that. "Really?"
"Yeah, you're different...not like other boys." She told him nodding, blushing a little.
"And you're not like other girls...I guess...at least not like them." he said, jerking a finger back at her friends.
"Eh...well, I guess, cause I am a bit louder and ruder and not as sarcastic as Yuka or as romantic as Ayumi." She said blushing.
He nodded.
"Heh...well, ya know that dance Saturday night? Wanna go with me? I mean, just, because?" Eri asked hopefully.
"Sure. Just, because." he said, adding the last sentence quickly.
"Cool!" She said smiling ear-to-ear almost.
[Meanwhile, with the others]
"What do you think they're talking about?" Yuka asked the others. Eri and Shoen had been sitting too far away for them to hear the conversation.
"I dunno." Kagome said shrugging.
"Let's hope it's about the dance." Ayumi said.
"Yeah." Yuka said nodding.
The boys were just sitting there, bored.
"Wake up boys!" Yuka said, cheerfully.
"Why? So we can hear you babble too fast for normal people to understand about something we care nothing about?" Renkotsu retorted.
Yuka's eyebrow twitched and she hit him over the head. "Jerk." She muttered.
"Ow! Whatd'd you do that for?!" He whined angrily.
"You are a JERK." She told him simply.
"And you are a WENCH."
"And you are a PILLOW!" She said, sitting down on his lap and laughing. "Because my butt hurts, I'm sorry."
He looked away, clearly embarrassed, but made no move to get her off.
She smiled, she had won this one. "But, it's not my fault." She added thoughtfully.
He grumbled something she couldn't understand, and wouldn't repeat it when she asked what he had said.
"...hey, it's not my fault." She repeated after giving up on trying to find out what he muttered.
"Hm." he mumbled.
"Hmm? What was that?"
"HM." he said louder.
"What does that mean?!"
"That means, so she says." Jakotsu whispered, holding back a laugh, to Bankotsu.
Renkotsu half shrugged.
"So...you ARE a jerk." She half muttered.
"So what if I am?"
She smacked him. "Not my fault, nor is it my fault all those perverts like to try and grab my butt, but sitting here makes it worse, so I'll get up." She said standing up.
"Good."
"Hey, I don't need to hang around you, loser, plenty of guys would kill to date me." She said, starting to walk away.
"Then go find one." he muttered, not bothering to stop her.
Kagome pelted a rock at Renkotsu's head. "You know you like her stupid."
"So what if I do? She doesn't like me back." he said when she was out of hearing range.
"...Are you so sure about that?" Kagome asked sweatdropping.
He shrugged.
"I mean, it's obvious she likes you, at least a little!" Ayumi told him.
"If I knew she liked me, I'd ask her to go to the dance." he muttered.
"Then go do it, I can tell you for a fact she likes you." Jakotsu said smuggly. "Opps! I didn't say that!" He said covering his mouth.
"How?" he asked, looking at him sharply.
"I have sources."
"What sources?"
"Just...sources okay, forget it, go ask her."
He stood up mumbling things under his breath. "I'm gonna go take a walk." he said, walking off incedently the way Yuka had gone.
Kagome giggled. They were so immature, was this really the Renkotsu that had nearly killed her?
"Why is it whenever you go looking for a girl, you can't find them??" Renkotsu muttered, looking around for Yuka.
Yuka was on the otherside of the building, frowning.
"And why does it seem to be so hard to ask her to go to the dance?!" He asked himself outloud.
"...Hmmm...."
He rehearsed what he would say while he looked. "Hey Yuka, do you want to go to the dance with me?" He finally found her behind the building. "Uh..hey Yuka." he said, trying to make conversation.
"Oh, Hi, Renkotsu."
She smirked. "Yes."
"Oh..you are?" he tried not to look downcast.
"Yeah...you."
"Really??"
She locked eyes with him and blushed. "Unless you dont want to go with me."
"Uh..o-of course I do!"
She smiled, kissed him on the cheek and practically skipped away.
He sighed relieved. "That was easier than I thought." he said, walking back towards the group.
"What took you Yuka?" Kagome asked her friend.
"Oh nothing.." she said with a smile.
"You're GLOWING, cough up the information."
She grinned. "He asked."
"...What?! He did?!"
She nodded. "You shouldv'e seen his face when he thought I was going with someone else!"
Kagome giggled, said 'kotsu' appeared then, with a little smile on himself.
"Hey Renkotsu! How was your 'walk'?" Jakotsu called to him.
"Shaddup."
The boys grinned at one another. They could tell he had asked her
"I can't wait till the dance!" Kagome said sighing.